18.1 Introduction to diffusion This unit is for designers, engineers, technologists and anyone interested in designing and inventing. It is also for managers and consumers interested in innovation and technical change. The unit will show you how design and innovation can create a more sustainable future. It will also help you understand how innovation comes about and will encourage thinking about environmental and social challenges for the future.Author(s): The Open University

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17.4 Standards and their role in innovation This unit is for designers, engineers, technologists and anyone interested in designing and inventing. It is also for managers and consumers interested in innovation and technical change. The unit will show you how design and innovation can create a more sustainable future. It will also help you understand how innovation comes about and will encourage thinking about environmental and social challenges for the future.Author(s): The Open University

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17.1 Getting the technology to work This unit is for designers, engineers, technologists and anyone interested in designing and inventing. It is also for managers and consumers interested in innovation and technical change. The unit will show you how design and innovation can create a more sustainable future. It will also help you understand how innovation comes about and will encourage thinking about environmental and social challenges for the future.Author(s): The Open University

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All speech has rhythm because we naturally stress some words or syllables more than others. The rhythm can sometimes be very regular and pronounced, as in a children's nursery rhyme – ‘JACK and JILL went UP the HILL’ – but even in the most ordinary sentence the important words are given more stress. In poetry, rhythm is extremely important: patterns are deliberately created and repeated for varying effects. The rhythmical pattern of a poem is called its metre, and we can analyse,

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2.1.2 Faustus's first speech What does Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus tell us about the author and the time at which the play was written? This unit will help you to discover the intricacies of the play and recognise how a knowledge of the historical and political background of the time can lead to a very different understanding of the author's intended meaning.Author(s): The Open University

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Next steps Information and communication technologies (ICTs) systems now dominate our everyday lives. This unit will explain what constitutes such a system and how ICT systems work. You will also look at how ICT systems convey, store and manipulate data, and how they process data. Finally you will learn how these systems are used.Author(s): The Open University

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This assessment unit is designed to be self-contained. However you might like to access the following sources for support and guidance if you need it. These sources include:

U529_1 Key skills – making a difference: This OpenLearn unit is designed to complement the assessment units. It provides detailed guidance and activities to help you work on your key skills, gives examples of key skills work from students, and helps you prepare an

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Drafting and Revising: Writing a Dog Report One part of a writer's job is to make a report interesting for his or her
readers. First, they write a first draft, then they read it and think
about how to make it better. Writers revise their work, adding details
and checking to make sure that their changes make sense. Watch a video about dogs and work on writing and revising a dog report. On their own, students are encouraged to pick an animal to write about, write a first draft, then revise their report.

Information for prospective Applicants to CRE The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) at The Australian National University (ANU) has opened the second round of funding to establish up to seven additional Centres of Research Excellence (CREs) in Primary Health Care. This information session for prospective applicants was presented at the ANU on 21 March 2011.Author(s): Creator not set

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Brain Day 2011: Understanding how the brain can be repaired after a stroke Brain Day 2011 is sponsored by the Neurological Foundation of NZ and the University of Otago. As part of Brain Awareness Week, we join this major international effort to communicate the wonders and achievements of brain research.
Dr Graeme Hammond-Tooke, from the Dunedin School of Medicine, speaks on “Stimulating the brain with electricity: From electric rays to magnetic coils”
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Brain Day 2011: Stimulating the brain with electricity - from electric rays to magnetic coils Brain Day 2011 is sponsored by the Neurological Foundation of NZ and the University of Otago. As part of Brain Awareness Week, we join this major international effort to communicate the wonders and achievements of brain research.
Dr Andrew Clarkson from the Departments of Psychology and Anatomy & Structural Biology speaks on “Understanding how the brain can be repaired after a stroke”
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Model Prison Architecture Williamsburg's jail, or gaol, set the standard for colonial prison architecture. Visit the building this year as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of its reconstruction. Architectural historian Carl Lounsbury describes the structure.Author(s): No creator set

Vocabulary, writing: Limited companies in the political arena You learn vocabulary by means of pronouncements concerning limited companies in the political arena. You then compare expressions with each other with regard to meaning. You learn to express you opinion on this subject in writing.Author(s): No creator set

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The Public Pension Crisis Panel Discussion Meet experts in the public pension arena and learn: The causes behind the current pension dilemma; Possible short and long term solutions; How the crisis impacts every Rhode Islander
Moderator: Gary Sasse Director, Bryant University Institute for Public Leadership; Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Policy, Rhode Island College; Former Executive Director, Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council
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Change Your Career - UT Spot The College of Adult and Lifelong Learning (CALL) provides access, career and life coaching, degree completion, and academic support to new, continuing and reentering adult learners in a respectful and nurturing environment. We help students transition to college life and establish a foundation for educational attainment, career success and lifelong learning.
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